I am trying to find some info on my Great Grandparents from Sassano, Italy. I'm trying to obtain their parent's info (name, birth date, etc.) if possible or how I could obtain birth records of my Great Grandparents which might list their parent's names.

The info I have is:

Great Grandfather:
Pasquale LibrettiBirth: 8/19/1833 in Sassano, Italy
Immigrated to NY in approx 1901 and died in 1907.

Great Grandmother:

Marianna FemminelliBirth: 12/19/1842 in Sassano, Italy
Immigrated to NY in approx 1901 and died in 1927

Thank you for the information that you shared. I didn't even see that they were listed as U.S. Citizens on the manifest. I thought that was when they immigrated but you're right, they must have become citizens far earlier than I realized.

Thanks for passing along the link as well....very helpful!

Do you have any idea how I could obtain birth records from Sassano, Italy?

Freebird,
I am reasearching my GGF Domenico Feminella. Nobody in our family knows anything about his origins. I see that most Feminella's came from Sassano, so I am looking there. His name could have evolved over the years. According to the census he came to the US in 1882 or 1883 when he was 15 or 16. His mother Maria followed three years later. The census indicates that she was 50, a widow and had only one child (my GGF).

Does any of this information sound familiar? If so, please let me know.

To obtain records from Sassano, you must write to the comune in Italian to make your request. Use this link. It will tell you about writing to Italy for records, and it will provide you with form letters in Italian if you do not know how to write in the language.

Sorry for the delayed response, but I've been offline for a bit. Unfortunately the name Domenico Feminella has not come up in my search yet. I will definitely reach out to you if I come across anything.

Publication Number: M1674
Publication Title: Soundex Index to Petitions for Naturalizations Filed in Federal, State, and Local Courts in New York City, 1792-1906
Publisher: NARA
State: New York
Short Description: NARA M1674. The Soundex index to naturalization petitions filed in federal, state, and local courts in New York City, including New York, Kings, Queens and Richmond counties, 1792-1906.

I was wondering if you could help me....on the Ellis Island manifest that my GGF appears on he is with a person with the last name of Femminella, Anna. They were all from Sassano and headed to Chicago. It was in 1901 that they immigrated. My family name is Petrizzo. Would love to know if there is a connection. Thanks!

Sorry, but as far as we know, my GGF Domenico Feminella came to the US alone and he was an only child. He spelled his last name with only one "m" which could have been lost at some time. We have no known relatives in Chicagoland, although there is probably some distant relationship. Nobody in our family knows which town he came from, but based upon my research it appears that almost every Feminella, and Femminella, came from Sassano. He also sometimes went by Tommaso or Thomas, so who knows what his birth name was. When he got married in NYC in 1890, he used Domenico Feminella, from Italy, no town specified.